“Does anyone else do that?” Where that is “typing my thoughts out loud.” Serious question? Don’t we all do that? And only that? I do. All the time. I have what passes for thoughts and I let my fingers do the typing and … hmmm maybe there is some taking time to have the thoughts to do things like spell correctly, have it be coherent all the time. (pause to think about what to type next) Maybe that is something for finished pieces and maybe there are some people doing finished pieces here too. By gum, I will try that.
According to the online menu from the Frontier Restaurant they call it “Huevos Rancheros”. I have had “huevos” in lots of places. Never like you can get at the Frontier in Albuquerque. I have not had it in 30 years now. Damn, I can remember the food right now. And how it tasted and now I am drooling. Again.
I have had an argument about apostrophes recently. You will note I did not type “I’ve had …” and I typically I do not, rather than I Don’t. This rule gets a single mention in, or on, the grammarbook. Grammarbook.com with lots of rules given to possession cases. I am just thinking about the omission of letters. Do you keep them or use an apostrophe or not? What do you say? I am thinking one needs to be consistent. Which I am not. Oops. I think this is also a case for a style book, like for the Chicago Tribune or New York Times or pick your favorite. What do you say?
I believe it was Dato that commented on almost buying a KMM. Almost? Should we start a pool as to when he will join the grand group of people who have and use ones? Herb Caen called his series of them the “Loyal Royal” typewriter. He is joined by a couple dozen other people. People of Fame that is to say. See Richard Polt’s “Writers and their Typewriters” page.
You may note that I have a pair of Hermes 3000s, Yet I am typing this and lots of other posts on a KMM. There is something magnetic in this machine. Maybe I should try other typewriters. Yeah, maybe.
If you have an argument as to why I should try other typewriters do tell me why. On the other hand, forget I typed that in. I know a typewriter and a person is a very personal thing filled with one’s personalized reasons. There is no reason to share your idiosyncratic (spelling??) reasons for that choice. No, please, forget I asked.
(See Mike, does anyone else type their thoughts out loud.)
— MichaelRpdx :: rkmm